MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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